Precious Mthembu

Playing career Kingdom Stars Between 2014 and 2021, Mthembu played for Kingdom Stars in the Premier Netball League. She captained Stars between 2019 and 2021. Her early team mates at Stars included Bongiwe Msomi. In 2015, Mthembu and Msomi were members of the Stars team that won the Division Two Shield. In 2019, Mthembu captained Stars as they won the Division Two Shield and gained promotion to Division One after winning a promotion/relegation play off. In 2020, she captained Stars as they retained their position in Division One after winning the promotion/relegation play off.

Gilbert Stars Between 2017 and 2021, as either a player and/or coach with Gilbert Stars, Mthembu, won five consecutive titles in KwaZulu-Natal's Netball Super League. In 2023, Mthembu was still an active player with Gilbert Stars.

South Africa On 26 January 2007, Mthembu made her senior debut for South Africa during an away series against England. She went onto represent South Africa at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 Netball World Cup. On 3 September 2017, Mthembu was a member of the first South Africa team to win a Netball Quad Series match when they defeated England 54–51. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games she made her third appearance in the tournament.

small|Sources: She also served as an assistant coach to both Elsje Jordaan and Jenny van Dyk with the South Africa under-21 team. In March 2024 she succeeded the latter as the under-21 coach after she was appointed head coach of the senior South Africa team. She subsequently guided South Africa to victory in a 2025 Netball World Youth Cup qualifying tournament. Her assistant coach was Phumza Maweni.

Kingdom Queens During the 2022 Telkom Netball League season, Mthembu served as head coach of Kingdom Queens.

Kingdom Stars Since 2023, Mthembu has served as head coach of Kingdom Stars. In 2024, she guided Stars to victory in the Division Two Shield. Mthembu has now won the title as both player and coach.

Honours Player South Africa Africa Netball Cup Winners: 2013, 2019 Diamond Challenge Winners: 2012, 2015, 2016 Netball Europe Open Championships Runners Up: 2015 Kingdom Stars Division Two Shield Winners: 2015, 2019

Coach South Africa Netball World Youth Cup qualification Winners: 2025 Kingdom Stars Division Two Shield Winners: 2024